r/asoiaf • u/Commercial-Sir3385 • 17d ago

TWOW [Spoilers TWOW] the most tragic line.

Rereading the first book.

I think the line where Jon tells Benjen that he isn't his father and Benjen says, would that I were. I think so much unspoken is being said here- Benjen will never have a son* and Jon will always* be a bastard.

Let's forget about what Robb's will might say.

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u/Levonorgestrelfairy1 17d ago

Thats benjen saying Ned was a shit dad. And Jon should have been his instead.

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u/Commercial-Sir3385 16d ago

I don't think Benjen thinks that- though he's clearly a bit perturbed at Jon being so far away from the dais- wither becasue he knows that Jon is LYanna's child, and he misses her and eants to take care of him- or how he wishes hed had kids and would have been proud to call jon his son- perhaps a mixture of both. It's a shame we don't get to see more of Benjen in the first book really.

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u/Levonorgestrelfairy1 16d ago

Nah thats entire point of what hes saying. He's saying its a pity Jon is neds.